Today marks the last day for Fall 2018 Yoga Session and this set of Core Restore classes.
Watch out for fresh and exciting changes coming to Satori in January 2019. Hint: Ayurveda is gonna be our new best friend!
Enjoy your holidays - and, as usual, see you on the mat!
Here is what we've covered in this session of Core Restore:
{in case you are thirsty for a review}
Lesson 1: Moving From The Hip
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Our foremost goal - to begin with - is to learn to release tension and to also begin to recognize where our movements are coming from (as in: what is driving your leg movement as you walk? what stabilizes you as you stand?)
Try this test:
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Lesson 2: Moving Forward Safely + Stress, Muscle Recruitment, and Movement
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One of the most common questions I hear is,
"I hurt.
How do I move forward safely without re-injuring myself?
Can I actually strengthen safely?"
This week we are going to address this and many other questions that arise around chronic tension, fatigue, and pain.
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Lesson 3: Proprioception For Pain Relief + Better Function
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Human stabilization system is an intricate relationship between the information coming from the muscles, joints and tendons and the way our brain processes this information. When it works properly, this complex system can balance our bodies relative to our environment… even if our environment changes moment to moment.
Stiff, unyielding muscles send low quality + incorrect information to the decision making center – the brain.The brain, not knowing that information is based on stiffness, makes overcorrection – a wobble or a lurching movement – to stabilize, and forthwith comes tension.
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Lesson 4: Breath. Stability. Lateral Breathing.
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The piece that links the two - and provides a vital support to both the hip and shoulder girdles - are the layers of abdominal muscles around our torso.
Core means the musculature closest to the center of the body.
Imbalance in this area places stress on our entire structure, undermining both the foundation and also the periphery of the structure. For moment-to-moment support, our core needs to be flexible, resilient and alert.
When abdominal muscles are held too tense or are too lax they are unable to meet breathing and centering needs of the body.
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Lesson 5: A Case for Lateral Breathing
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Today I want to make a CASE for full body breathing, so that you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, how intimately rib cage breathing is connected to our stability as well as overall health and well-being.
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Lesson 6: A Strain Of One-Sidedness And Somatic Distortion
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A normally formed skeleton (that's how most of us start our lives) will always move toward a symmetrical balance, unless the muscles attached to it are distorting its balance.
If the weight of our bodies is shifted to and supported by only one side, if we are consistently over utilizing one side while under using the other, our musculoskeletal system functions under a considerable strain because one side of our bodies is more compressed.
This one-sided compression can lead to a number of one-sided symptoms: a pain in the right shoulder or the right side of the neck, or maybe in the right ankle, knee, hip or SI joint. Some people experience soreness in the right side of their low back, and others have persistent headaches on the right side of their heads. Many of us experience all of the above symptoms - and all on one side.
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